Energy Predicament

Notes Toward a Better Understanding of Six Intersecting Pieces of the Energy Puzzle: Climate Change, Peak Resources, Nuclear Proliferation, Food Security, Speculative Finance, and Geopolitics

November 5, 2008

Tar Sands



http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/reserves/oilgas_educational_posters.html
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I taught international relations and American foreign policy at Colorado College from 1983 to 2020. Send comments to dhendrickson@ coloradocollege.edu

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I worked on this blog intermittently from 2008 to 2015. I used some of the material in courses taught at Colorado College in the 2010s, especially "Smiling Through the Apocalypse." For seniors only, taken in their final block at CC, it had a lot of grim material. On the other hand, the students did a lot of smiling. Most of the RSS feeds are no longer working, but I leave them up as an historical curiosity. October 23, 2026

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      • The Overall Idea
      • Five Difficult Pieces
      • My General Perspective
      • New Frontier
      • Oil Conversion Factors
      • Oil Consumption by Country 2007
      • Comparative Costs for Generating Electricity
      • Crash of 08 and Energy
      • Israel's Fears
      • Shares of Nuclear Power Generation
      • The Non Proliferation Treaty
      • Iran's Case
      • Changes in Temperature, Sea Level and Snow Cover
      • Rising CO2 Emissions, Rising Temperatures
      • Global Leaders in Emissions
      • Growth of CO2 Emissions Since 1988
      • Warming in 21st Century
      • Arctic Ice Cap Disappearing
      • Melting Ice Sheets, Rising Sea Levels
      • Sea Level Rises at 1, 3, 10, and 20 Meters
      • Time Running Out
      • Varying Targets for Greenhouse Gases
      • The Impossible Dilemma
      • Some Reasons for Skepticism
      • Nay-Sayers
      • Energy's Bull Market Broken?
      • Two Spectacular Crashes
      • By a Waterfall, I'm Calling You-ou-ou-ou
      • Estimates of Ultimate Recovery of Oil
      • Top Ten Original Oil Endowments by Nation
      • Oil Prices: Trickier Than You May Think
      • Oil Discovery and Production: The Growing Gap
      • Discovery Lags Production: By Decade from 1900
      • Hubbert's Peak
      • Whopper from IEA: Output Declining 9% a year
      • Timing of Peak Oil: Various Estimates
      • Low Oil Prices Destroy Competition
      • Nuclear Melts Down
      • No Respect for Natural Gas
      • Efficient Market Theory Verified
      • Old vs. New: Coal and Alternative Energy
      • Making It Up in the Oil Patch
      • Tar Sands
      • US Electricity Usage Doubles from 1973
      • Energy Flow
      • Oil Producing Countries Past Peak
      • States Gaining and Losing Oil Production
      • Oil Depletion Protocol (Colin Campbell)
      • World Oil Production (Sept 2008)
      • Disruption to BTC pipeline
      • Perspectives on Nuclear Power
      • Thumbs Down to Tar Sands
      • Coal: Contending Perspectives
      • Natural Gas: Contending Perspectives
      • Price Spikes of 1990 and 2008
      • Unplugging the Saudis
      • New Technology No Salvation
      • Oil Projections for Middle East
      • Estimating the Probabilities to 2015
      • From the Peak: Decline Rates and New Supplies
      • Infrastructure Needs
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      • Energy Prices Per BTU 1980-2030
      • Oil Use by Sector to 2025
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      • Hubbert's Vision
      • Oil Shale and Tar Sands in 3 Western States
      • US Natural Gas Pipeline Network 2008
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Important Essays, Reports, Websites

  • 50 Doomiest Stories of 2013
  • 50 Doomiest Graphs of 2010
  • Basic Documents on Climate Change
  • Breakthrough Institute
  • CERA: Future of Global Oil Supply
  • Climate Policy Initiative Report
  • Colin Campbell Speech to House of Commons, 1999
  • Colorado College: State of the Rockies
  • Earth Policy Institute
  • Encyclopedia of Earth
  • Energy Information Administration
  • Energy Watch Group Oct 2007 report
  • Global Climate Change Impacts in U.S.
  • Global Footprint Network
  • Global Water Partnership
  • Grantham Center
  • Interactive: The Global Oil Diet
  • Journal of Energy Security
  • Matt Simmons on Peak Oil
  • Rocky Mountain Institute: Reinventing Fire
  • Spencer Weart: The Discovery of Global Warming
  • Thomas Homer-Dixon
  • World Bank: Consequences of Global Warming

Preface

  • Point of Origin
  • My Basic Position
  • Charts, Graphs, and Tables
  • Maps

Table of Contents

  • A. Introduction (3)
  • B. Defining the Problem (25)
  • C. Capital Markets (45)
  • D. Patterns of Dependence (12)
  • E. Climate Change (79)
  • E. Climate Skeptics (13)
  • F. Peak Oil (60)
  • G. Nuclear Power (27)
  • H. Food and Water (65)
  • I. Geopolitics (62)
  • J. Iran and Non-Proliferation (16)
  • K. Infrastructure (5)
  • L. The Oil Market (35)
  • M. Natural Gas (37)
  • N. Coal (21)
  • O. Tar Sands (13)
  • P. Wind and Solar (30)
  • R. Consumption and Efficiency (29)
  • S. Population (2)
  • T. Pandemics (5)

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